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V Leading 'Corrallis Newspaper. Best Advertisii,, Medium. Vol. XLV. Corvalijs, Benton County, Oregon, Tuesday, December 24, lOOT. NO. I II I A. . .aVJaW aV M Ml W SBw waft BSW 4 I as. SB B. sW- r Christmas Goods. fancy Light and Dark Art Rozine .Ware, Souvenir Ware. A complete stock of Lamps and Jardinieres of all kinds. A complete stock of H V Staple and Fancy Groceries at reasonable prices. Call Independent Phone 7. That cher-Johnson Co. R We Will Smooth Your Wrinkles of perpjlexity caused by the trying vn of selecting Hol iday Presents. " We effer a lew suggestions : Ladies, Silverware, Lockets, Sterling Silver Pieces, Opera Glasses. Gents, Parker Fountain Pens, Watch Chains. Emblem Pics and Buttons, Field Glasses. A large variety of appropriate presents. E. W. S. PRATT, 4 f Miii.f'KfifvirV'V''' JUST RECEIVED, A SHIPMENT OF TEDDY BEARS, PASTEL AND OTHER FINE PICTURES IN FRAMES, -AT 0. J. BLACKLEDGE'S Furniture Store You Talio No Chances When You Buy Groceries At This Store . -. ( All our goods are guaranteed to comply with the , Pure Food Law We have the best the best. ...... Wo Want Your Business Hodes Grocery That's it! , Cough yourself into a fit of spasms and then wonder why you don't yet wU. If von will only try a bottle of Ballard's Horehonnd Syrup your copgh will be a thing of the part. It ia a positive cure for Coughs, Influenza, Bronchitis and all Pulmonary disease. One bottle will convince yon et your druggist. 25c, 50c, SI .01) Sold y Graham 4 Wertham. M hat's Worth doing is worth doing well. If yon wish to be cured of Rheumatism, ' nee Ballard'a Snow Liniment and you will oe "well cured." A positive cure for Sprains, Neuralgia, Bruises, Contracted Muscle and all the ills that flesh is heir to. A, G. M. Williams, Navasota, Texas, Writes: "I have used Snow Liniment ior sprained ankle and it gave the best of satisfaction. I always keep it in the bouse." Sold by Graham &. Wortham. - " Children's Favorite tonic is While's Cream Ver ' roifuge, the cure for woibib, and all chil dren'a diseases. It abtonly kills the worms, bat remove the mucus" and slime in which they build their nest. Its ac tion on tbe child is mild and leaves him ia a healthy condition. Joe Daniel, Sur mae, Tean., says that he gave owe of his children White's Cream Vermifuge when the doctor thought it had colic, and from the first deee tbe child passed wen., 644 by Qrafcaas WsTtbam. Chinaware, The Jeweler & Optician. Store Open Evenings. v ojfyrrn ryyn xyya mqjw ' and nothing but Notice of Pinal Settlement. In the natter of tbe esUte of Nancr J, deceased. Slagle, Notice ia hereby .given that the undersigned, administrator of the estate of Nancy J. Stag), ie eeased. has filed his fipal sccoortas sitch adn in- i atrator with the clerk o the county court of the etate of Oregon fir( Benton County, and the paid court has fixed Mor 'ay. the 20th day of January. 1908. at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternooii, as the time, and the countv courtroom in the court house in Corvallis, Benton County. Oregon, as the place for hearing- any ana all objections to the saia account and tor .ewiemem uiereoL Dated this December 16th, lg07. E. E. Voeon, Administrator of the estate of 23ancy J. Steele, deceased. -04ti Early to Bed And earlv to rise, makes one healthy. happy and wise especially if you take Herbine before retiring. A positive cure for Constipation, Dyspepsia, and all liver complaints. Mrs. S tjoiunioia, ienns writes: "I always keep a supply of your Herbine on band. Am so pleased with the relief it gives in constipation and all liver complaints, that words can't ex press my appreciation." Sold byra ham & Wort bam. -' a , Jersey Bull For Sale. Descended from Grand Coin and Gold en Glow ; imported row resting 18 lbs batter fat in 7 days, with tret call. Ad dress, 11. 3. Woodcock, Corvallis, Ore THEIR LETTERS TO SANTA. Corvallis Children Write St. Nick lor Gifts What They Say. To-night throughout the length and breadth of the land, little. stockings will be "hung by the mantle with care" and as' tired eyes close in sleep the last thought Will be of Santa Dans and the gifts which will be left by the jolly old gentleman during tbe wee sma' hours of the night. Sad, indeed, is the. thought that many a little stocking will be but scantily filled, and that many a trusting child,, especially jn the cities, will waken oc Christmas morning to find that Santa has passed by and forgotten to stop. Corvallis children, as a rule, will receive a visit from dear old St. Nicholas and - tonight at : tbe various churches trees will yield their burden of gifts and Santa Claus in person will see. that each child is remembered. And in the midst of the good cheer and merriment let each child share with some less fortunate little one, thus adding to the joy of the day the happiness Of giving "In His Name." Christmas trade in Corvallis has been) good, and -while the buying has been going" on the children have been writing let ters to. Santa Claus -and mailing them at the busy store of Victor Moses, where a specially-prepared postoffice had been established for the accommodation ot the little folks. Many ot the letters are addressed to Kris Kringle, Toy land, and the wants of the wri ters are set ' forjth so plainly that Santa will have no. difficulty in selecting his gifts. Before start ing the letters away toToyland, and in Order to help Kris Kringle locate" these little writers, Mr Moses has very kindly allowed the Gazette to publish the com munications, and they are given below exactly as they were writ ten.. Tbey are all dated at Cor vallis. The first is from a boy, as can be told at a glance. He savs: "Dear Santaclaus, I want a steam eneme. and a boat and a train that is all, Chester Bro ders." The next comes ia a large, printed hand and reads: "Dear Santa, -1 would like to have a train of cars and a fire en sine, " candy and nuts. That's all I warrt. Lorrain Gleason." Number three is neatly written and says: "Dear Santa Claus, Please bring me a doll carriage and a doll and a Teddy bear and and a doll bed and a story book, from Jennie Balb." Then Corves another boy's .re quest, and perhaps some one-can tell us what a "Dutch flyer" is; "Dear -Santa Clans, I want you to bring me a train of cars and a- drum, and a Dutch flyer and I wish you a Merry Christ mas too. Your friend, Phillip CorbetL" While this epistle is signed with a flonrish "Miss Jean Dur rell" it is evident that the writer is a very young "Miss." She is not at air modest in her de mands as can be seen from her want list. She says: "Dear Santa Clans. I want you to bring me a talking and a walking doll . I want a doll buggy and a dog and a cat.- ' I want a large set of play dishes I want a little bed lor my doll and a little swing tor my doll. I want a little broom and a little doll and a play watch. Please bring them dear Santa Claus." Number six seems musically inclined. He writes with much ink and apparent effort: "'Dear Santa Clans, I want you to bring me a bass drum and big bom and a 22. Your lntl- triend, L. V. Lloyd.'' Tbe next is in .an extreme!) large hand and says: "Dear Santa Claus. I want you to bring me a doll, teddy bear, doll buggy, set of dishes, stove, pic tures. Ethel Young." Another says: want jon to bring roe a dolly rand a book and a piano and Around the World with Nellie Gray. Mildred Jackson.' - In a very lady-like little letter Grace Bodle says: Dear Santa Claus. I want you to bring me a set ot disnes and a doll -and a pair of slippers and I wish you a merry Christmas. Be sure to biing them. 1; Your friend." The writer of No. io is of a very practical turn ot mind, w'th a love of the beautiful. She writes modestly. "Dear . Santa Claus, I want a braslet and a new dress. Neva Burger." : We hope she gets. them. Another boy wishes to.be an engineer. . . He writes: "Dear Santa Clans, . I want you to bring me a little train and a boat to play with. Denny Goodell." Number iv seems to be un lucky as this number has no sig nature." The. writer is a boy and says : . : "Dear Santa Claus, I want you to bring me a hand car. please bring me a airgun aid I want a little engine what does run good and I would like a little domino will yoa bring it." The next letter is a long list of "wants" and Santa Claus will be bankrupt by tbe time he has filled the eider, we fear. Tbe writer savs: "Please send me a sleeping doll, a watch, a gold ring, a doll cradle, a doll buggy, a handkerchief, a necklace, a string of beeds, a little bell, a pencil and a tablet. Your loving little girl, Ruth Feakins." The other writers say: "I want you to brine me a football and a football suit if vou please. Leslie Smith.'! ..... :; "I want you to -bring me a big teddy bear and a little doll buggy with a doll, in it. Please bring them. Your little friend, Miss Dorothy Briscom." "I want you to bring me a airgun and a printing press and a engine. Wayne bcott. 'If you please I would like a doll and a baby carriage. Edna Woods." "1 want you. to bring me a pear of shoes please poke full o candy. Your deaf friend, Hazel, I love you old Santa Claus for the things. You are good old Santa Claus. Hazel Abercrom- bie. Goodbye." "I want a doll and buggy. want mv doll dresses in pink and I want a big doll and a box of handkerchiefs. . Marion Akers." "I want a large doll and a little dog and . nice little cat. L want you to send me toys this will be all dear Santa. Your friend, Ruth Howard." ; " 'Will you, bring me a doll ddll bed and a doll house a train and a little stove, also a little set dishes. Your loving little Mar garet Jones." "I want you to bring me a big dolly three feat high and a big teddy bear. Please bring them. Clara Harding." "I want you to bring me horn and a bicycle and a tool chest. Harry Garrett" "I want you to bring me a big doll and a doll buggy for her. Your friend, Mary Bcdynek." The list closes with the letter of Walter Wuestefelt, whose wants most be prettv well satis fied already, as le says simply, "I want a knife. ' The" Gazette wishes these little people and its older readers, too, Merry Christmas, am hopes that no one in ail Corvallis will be disappointed on this mer riest and best of all big days- Christmas! "Why Girls Leave Home." The most important question in thousands of American homes is, Why Girls . Leave Home.; The answer will be given at the Opera House on December 31. It is stiic ly moral and tree irom sensationalism; a play , with a wholesome it fiuence. This is tbe first western tonring of the play and the presenting company is sad to re an excepuonauy dejrer one. . r . . ' FARM WEALTH. I nteresting Reading That is Worth While Figures That talk. The annual report of no other cabinet officer is interesting to so many people as that of tbe secre ' tarv of agriculture. It deals with an. industry or family of in dustries in which more people are engaged than any other, and on which people depend more than on all others. Statistics showing the products of the soil and their value are. scarcely dry reading, and never less so than this year, when the value of the country's agricultural .products exceeds all previous records, and the figures are available just when a good many people imagine the country is hard up. Tbe farms of the country, ex clusive of dairy,t livestock and poultry products, yielded crops amounting irr value to $7,412,- 000,000, or about $88 tor every man, woman and child in the country. lnls is a greater sum by several hundred million dol lars than was ever produced be fore. And to this is to be added $i,28o,ooo,qpo for livestock, $800,000,000 for dairy products and $600,000,000 for poultry pro ducts, making a grand total of a little over i 0,000,000, 000 or about $120 per capita. Several crees were not so great in quantity this year as in some other?. This is true of both wheat and corn, but the price is higher. Corn remains the most valuable crop and was about up to the average of the last nve years in quantity, though much less-than thecfop of 1906 or 1905, but txiei. value is $1,350,000,000, or 26 per cent above the five-yUaraverage. ihe United fctates produces about four-firths of the world's yield of corn. Next in value comes hay, or cotton, the value of the former crop being not easy to estimate accurately, but it is thought to be worth $65,000,000 more than that of 1906, the record crop up to that date. The earlier portions of the cot ton season were unfavorable, but it turned out better than expect ed, as corn did, and its value, in eluding that of seed, is estimated at 6,oqo,ooo or $675,000,000. Wheat is the fourth crop in val ue and falls s per cent in quanti ty below the average of five years but the 675,000,000 bushels pro dnced will have been worth at the farms at ' least $500,000,000 Oats Show a falling off, both in quantity and quality, barley gain ed heavilv. potatoes are worth $190,000,000. The tobacco crop is smaller than tor many years, vet its value is more than ever before-exeept last year: rice, both in Quantity and value, made a record crop: and hops lapsed 4. 6 per cent below the five-year aver age in quantity and 20 per cent in value. . -, In the summary ot the secre-, tary's report sent out, no mention is made ot tbe ftuit crops, or of vegetables except potatoes and sugar beets, which would add greatly to the total. Altogether, while a large part of the season in most of the country was dis couraging, the results, owing partly to better conditions later, but more to high prices, are very satisfactory. In all-round agn cultural production there never was and never can be a country equal to ours. Oregon Journal. Notice. Tbe giving of Premium Dishes will be discontinued on Saturday, Monday and and Tuesday, December 21st, 23rd and 24tb, owing to the extra holiday 'rush 103-5 J. M. Nolan & Son, Wood Wanted. Bids for furnishing the Oregon Agri coltural college wood for tbe easuing school year beginning in September 1908. will be received ; at the affice tbe Purchasing Agent of .the College np to Saturday, January 4. igos. 103U T. EL CnAwroaO, - PoK&aawi&geaV 1 . "Why Girls Leave Home." A -play with a wholesome moral will he - presented at n Opera Hous- on December 31. It is clean, interesting and 1 1 structive. Its scenes are laid ia a lively city adjacent- to Ner York. Unusual as it may seem there are no slum scenes, no un called tor profauitv, no gun pUv, or impossible climaxes in "Why Girls-Leave Home." but on the contrary a wholesome narrative of the happenings in the house of a respectable family and. in vol v- ing especially the events in the life oi au innocent girl who thinks the companionship of glitter and glare not at all unnec essary to - the enjoyment of life. The subject is handled with great delicacy and reverence by the author,' who has made the play one of the most powerful factors in the work of national reform. Lilly-McBee Nuptials. A very pretty wedding was celebrated Saturday at high nooa -at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos eph McBee, southwest of Corval lis. The bride was their charm ing daughter, Miss Lela McBee, and the groom, Arthur Lilly, one of Corvallis' best known and re spected young men. Miss Ruth Lilly played the wedding march and the ceremony was performed by C. T. Hurd m the presence of about 25 relatives and friends. Miss Leora McBe-, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid,.. . and Claude Mupphy officiated '.aM?-' best man. i he bride was modest and attractive in a dainty gown bfcream bastiste. Following congratulations a delicious dinner was served, and Mr. and Mrs. Lilly departed on the evening train for Portland for a Dnef visit. They will re- side on the Lilly farm just south of Corvallis. Many friends wish them a long, happy and prosper ous life. Real Estate Transfers. Alsea Lumber Company to Minnie Norton, 120 acres in Al sea; $5. August Kroschel to Charles Sperling. 80 acres near Albany; $4400. United States toElvarow Mulk- ey, 44 44 acres wesi 01 rniio- math. Blvarow Mulkey to Corvallis Lumber & Shingle Company, 44.44 acres west of Philomath; $400. . McLennan to John Heeszel and wife, 50 acres north of Cor vallis; also 4 lots in bl. 5, and 6. lots in bl. 6, Avery and Wells addition to Corvallis; $1. Alice P Richards to Frank G Haller, 20 acres near Albany; $10. , Eli Spencer et al to Olof Berg gren and wife, 357 acres near Blodgett; $5500. John Heeszel and wife to Lena C Raber, lots 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, bl. 6, Avery and Wells' addition ta. Corvallis; $10. The Orphan. It is ie ugh to be tn orphan wbsn Christ- mas is most here. And yon hear tbe fellers talkin' - about what they're gointo git; And you know that when yon hang up that darned and darned old stockin' That all you'll find within it is what the fellers say is nit nit, nit. It is tough te be an orphan and be one of a big bunch, Where they band yon out tbe grub and clothes no matter how they fit ; And you listen to the kids with dada talk' of Santa Claus, And you know that all he'll bring is what tbe fellers say is nit, nit. It is tough to be an orphan, but I've ; made np ny mipd That when I'm big and famous and am sore I've made a hit, I'll gather all tbe orphans about this time of the year, A 1' while my money lasts you bet those . kids'll not get ait. Sk. A.